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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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CHAPTER 22
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Eliphaz accuses Job of divers sins and exhorts him to repent.
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Then</span> Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
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<i>Is it</i> any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art <sup>a</sup><a href="job/22/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 2: 21 (20-22).">righteous</a>?  or <i>is it</i> gain <i>to him,</i> that thou makest thy ways <sup>b</sup><a href="job/22/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Sam. 22: 33.">perfect</a>?
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Will he reprove thee for fear of thee?  will he enter with thee into judgment?
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<i>Is</i> not thy wickedness great?  and thine iniquities infinite?
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For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden <sup>a</sup><a href="job/22/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Bread.">bread</a> from the <sup>b</sup><a href="job/22/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 25: 42; Mosiah 4: 26; Alma 4: 12 (12-13).">hungry</a>.
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But <i>as for</i> the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
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Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the <sup>a</sup><a href="job/22/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 31: 21 (21-22); James 1: 27; 3 Ne. 24: 5.">fatherless</a> have been broken.
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Therefore snares <i>are</i> round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
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Or darkness, <i>that</i> thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
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<i>Is</i> not God in the height of heaven?  and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
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And thou sayest, How doth God <sup>a</sup><a href="job/22/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 73: 11.">know</a>?  can he <sup>b</sup><a href="job/22/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 94: 9 (7-10); D&C 88: 41.">judge</a> through the dark cloud?
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Thick clouds <i>are</i> a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
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Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
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Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
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Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
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Yet he filled their houses with good <i>things:</i> but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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The righteous see <i>it,</i> and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
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Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
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Acquaint now thyself with <sup>a</sup><a href="job/22/21a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE God.">him</a>, and be at <sup>b</sup><a href="job/22/21b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Peace of God.">peace</a>: thereby good shall come unto thee.
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Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
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If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be <sup>a</sup><a href="job/22/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 17: 3.">built</a> up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
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Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the <i>gold</i> of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
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Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
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For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy <sup>a</sup><a href="job/22/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 11: 15 (13-16, 18).">face</a> unto God.
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Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy <sup>a</sup><a href="job/22/27a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Vows.">vows</a>.
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Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
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When <i>men</i> are cast down, then thou shalt say, <i>There is</i> lifting up; and he shall save the <sup>a</sup><a href="job/22/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Humility; TG Poor in Spirit.">humble</a> person.
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He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
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